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• Blog / People & Identities

  in wonderland hello from the number side

  

  (thing is true) but why? I go to MIT 100% (or so I've been told) I get these ... built a thing! 74% This number is getting inflated by my UROP and my lab ... estimate of RPM by getting the pitch of the sound being produced! I'm doing

  • by Alice L. '24
  • October 16, 2021
• Blog / How to Human

  rethinking perfectionism god i just want to get things done

  

  my mind to it and get my shit together. It’s now November, and I ... by month long breaks while I get distracted with other things. Thinking ... video creators sharing various approaches to being more productive, having

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • November 8, 2020
• Blog / Athletics

  LET’S PLAY Dodgeball!

  

  meet and get to know people by playing games. It’s no secret that MIT is ... 's always refreshing to see people get up and leave during classes for ... ’re willing to dedicate. But to get to the semi-main point of this entry

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • October 10, 2009
• Blog / Classes

  What I’m taking this semester! senior fall

  

  year, but I would like to create things that won't get me sued by the Ivy ... .8301] last spring because I had to complete a CI-M by the end of junior year ... I didn't pre-register for it, I was nervous that I wasn't going to get

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • September 4, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Who we are All the stuff I've been trying to write since last July. It isn't much, but…

  

  we can get to help solve the problems. There's very much an "I ... get used to that. I've had to get used to people saying in disbelief ... . MIT students are complex. This is a fact of life. I've also had to get

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • May 23, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Hello Summer! Finally done with finals

  

  my perspectives of the institute, and I cannot wait to get back to ... wanted to get involved with research and being a teaching assistant early ... I would get halfway through blogs, and then I would struggle to find

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • June 1, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  California, Here I Come… I begin my Fall Travel by heading to the West Coast

  

  to our Central Meeting there hosted by Dean of Admissions, Stuart ... and feel it works well for us. One by one I’ve said goodbye to ... trip because I’ll get to meet lots of you in the process. I know I

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • September 28, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Electrophoresis Boogaloo What it sounds like, plus some brief things that came to mind

  

  employed by writing new blog posts, and I hope to do about one a week from ... guess they're just not trying to let us get ahead of ourselves, since ... myself: I'm being really ambitious about all the writing I have to do

  • by Emad T. '14
  • September 16, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  Paper Planes You ask, I answer

  

  this blog, shoot me an e-mail and I will try to get it answered in a Q ... applicant)! I should start by saying that we are NOT trying to trick you or be ... their high school. No need to get bent out of shape because you are not

  • by Quinton McArthur
  • October 18, 2009
• Blog / About Decisions

  Spoiled Milk I wrote an entry so long overdue my milk has spoiled in the process. So…

  

  was past the 'Sell By' date, Dad!" My dad then proceeded to explain ... brought to you by the letter E! EEEE!") In a perfectly formed and ... 'm excited to be going home so I can finally get some sleep - between learning

  • by Jess K. '10
  • March 24, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  DNA-mazing Lots of tidbits about the biology program at MIT.

  

  to grad school after getting some work experience aka job...for say 1 ... undergrad for several reasons (to make money, to avoid burnout, to get more ... 's somewhat easier to get into graduate school after taking a year or two off

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • April 26, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What Are YOU Up To This Summer?! (2010 Edition) Happy summer!

  

  ! You'll have at least 2 weeks to send them in. :) Will post when I get ... AUGUST 10 Update! I'm bumping this to the top of the page (shameless ... out there! Don't let go of your chance to fame and glory on the MIT

  • by Chris S. '11
  • August 10, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Campus Visits… Bring Em’ On! This entry will focus on the dos and don'ts of a fall visit to a…

  

  glance at the material once, then place it all by the curb to be recycled ... that are designed to give you a first hand view of the college by having ... available to me? Does work study mean that I'll get a hair-net & spoon for

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • September 5, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  How to take the Bebras Computing Challenge this fall an international introduction to computational thinking

  

  homepage) is an international challenge that introduces students to computational thinking. Founded in Lithuania in 2004, it has now spread to more ... by Eljakim Schrijvers, the lead coach of the Dutch team at the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 23, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  What’s in a name? Is “geek” now chic? Are we happy with the word “nerd”?

  

  to pop culture references, pop music and the like. If it wasn’t for ... . Franco? The technical awards go to engineers and scientists that make most ... visual feats. Not to mention their inventions can be applied to medicine

  • by Kris Guay
  • July 4, 2011
• Blog / Events

  How do you convince MIT students to dress nicely? as with most things in life, the secret involves free food

  

  sometimes get a bad rap with regards to social interactions.  We ... 's probably acceptable to hold it by the bulb, although wine snobs might still ... Charm School, a series of classes during IAP that aims to help members of

  • by Michael C. '16
  • January 30, 2013
• Blog / Challenges

  finding meaning at the end of the world i alone determine my destiny

  

  him when he gets deferred. i want to tell him, hey! i struggle, and have ... dimension in which i get to know people. but that meant that all weekend i ... to get them all done after the weekend, even if it meant grinding them

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 1, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  November summary: books, playlist, gratitude

  

  me to get things done--by making commitments with other people. It ... we were not really getting to know each other. I spent my freshman ... I'm on the train home to Philadelphia. Currently: four women run my

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • November 25, 2015
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Nothing Gold Can Stay some reminders

  

  quickly 13 weeks go by. And just how little time there seems to be to ... impending deadlines and no where to be in particular. With nothing but all the time in the world for me to sit, staring at the ceiling, letting my

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • May 28, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Awesome Biology UROP: florescent plants, genomes, metabolomes, big data, puzzles + more! Bonus: A VIDEO!

  

  , and the bonus that I get to work with plants (Arabidopsis thaliana) as ... learning everything that they do. By comparing the genomic sequences to the ... endless memorization and quickly change the topic. But to me, Biology isn

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • October 25, 2014